Since its beginnings as a pilot recycling project in Philadelphia, RecycleBank has been growing rapidly. The idea is simple - instead of mandating recycling, or charging people for throwing out trash, RecycleBank offers

News has just broken that a "massive explosion" has just rocked a Chicago biodiesel plant, and that at least two people were seriously injured in the blast. No one is thought to have been killed. Here's everything that's known about

When it was announced, I thought it was a spoof . Alan did a great photoshop job of one of their papers under the arm of a newsie. But they were serious; it was going to be a printed-to-order dead tree version of a blog. But it didn't work. Founder

Thanks to the gang over at Daily Candy for this little tip. For just USD$149 each way (starting price), you can ship Fido, Fluffy and all of your four-legged family members around the US on the newly minted Pet Airways. The

Build It and They Will Come...There are many factors that can encourage more people to bike to work, from more bike-friendly employers, to changing the mainstream perception of bike commuters, to physically separated bike lanes.

Architecture is an art, a science and a profession, but it is also a business. Green modern prefab design is a niche of a niche business. That is why I admire Michelle Kaufmann so much; She is a rare example of a good architect who gets green, but she

If you're in Chicago on Saturday, March 21st, we have a great event for you to attend. From 5:30 to 9 pm at Connect Chicago, Sara Snow - a favorite eco warrior of ours - will be talking about Green Living and signing advanced copies of her book Fresh

Today the Climate Group announced their partnership with the city of Chicago and Chicago 2016, titled "Forward Chicago" which aims to not only help Chicago reach its greenhouse gas reduction goals but to make Chicago

It was going to be a looker, Santiago Calatrava's 150 storey Chicago condo. No matter that a building that high makes no sense, that it is an incredible waste of material build that high, that the elevators have to be more like